COMPLETE!!
1. Christmas card organization (2007-present) - 1/2
2. Ornament boxes for kids (3) - 1/7
3. Science fair project - 1/20 (a crapload of work!)
4. Hearts for door decorations x 56 - 1/31
5. C's birthday party *stuff* - 3/29
6. Started a new Brownie sash with dozens of patches - 3/30
KINDNESS KID COMPLETED PROJECTS:
1. Bags for the homeless (6) - January
2. Decorated cans for food pantry - February
WANTS:
Felted sweater stockings (5)
Felted sweater tree skirt
Accordion book for Santa photos (2006-present)
I started stalking the other thread a few weeks ago...I'm totally in! I actually had a seriously productive year last year. I don't have a list yet for this year, but project #1 will be giving birth to our third baby, who was due last week...
I'm in, but don't have a list of projects just ideas to run off of. I do know that #1 will be finishing the giant crocheted t-shirt rug I'm working on now though. And I know I want to make dd some AG doll clothes & maybe some food for her dolls too. And I want to sew myself an abaya or two as well - would love to have those done before July. Maybe I'll get an abaya done for dd too as an Eid gift.
Mostly I want to attack the 4 totes of fabric I have that are taking up space in my storage room.
I'm tentatively joining... I've had the desire to do this for a couple of years, but haven't made more than a few things a year. I really want to spend a little more time in 2014 pursuing my own little interests.
I'd like to do a few paintings for the home and sew a few things for myself... and play with all of my pinterest fantasies...
I wrote this into our family budget to make sure it will happen.
1. Purple longies for DD2
2. Gray black out curtains for living room
3. Crochet hat for DH
4 . Cleaned out under kitchen sink. Replaced all toxic cleaners with homemade
5. Dyed over Lola's sweater. Fixing bleach stain
6. Kids closet shelving
I did this a few years ago but bailed after 3 months. I need to make attempt again because my studio is overrun with half finished projects. Going to mull over a list for a bit and then update.
-finish DD3's hobby horse
-repair DD1 and DD2's hobby horses (they both broke their sticks, need to replace them)
4. make a sewing machine cover and serger cover for myself.
5. finish my thrummed mitten.
6. make another thrummed mitten to finish a different pair.
Ohhh you know what I really really want to make? The knitting shop has this yarn that is soooo stinking cool. It is cream wool with felted flowers in it that they knit into a scarf. Insanely expensive (like $30 for the skien) - but perhaps the cutest thing I have ever seen. Perhaps I should pick up a skein and make it for myself if I haven't had the baby by the next time I go to town.... Might make the wait more bearable. I think it is about the quickest knit ever.
First 4 days of the year, first four projects knocked out. I need to keep up this momentum as I aim to have 52 done before Dec 1 as I really petered out last year.
#1 Duvet cover for my bed. I used a sheet set and then added another coordinating flat sheet for the backing. I got a new wool comforter for Christmas and needed a new duvet cover as my old one was too small.
Hi ladies- I have been working on finishing my thrummed mitten. Getting closer
Stopped at the knitting shop to pick up that gorgeous yarn and I must have looked at the price wrong before. It was actually $53... and it took 2! So since that is clearly out of my budget I am trying to muster up the motivation to make my own version. I have lots of random roving bits and I could definitely spring for a skien of cream wool....
Momsteader- so productive and so cute! Especially the cutie under the comforter
Still working on my t-shirt rug. Gotta find more t-shirts to recycle lol. I'm at the point where 1 t-shirt, even if it's plus size, still only makes 2-3 rounds before I run out of yarn.
Happy New Year everyone! I only just got all the pictures of my last projects from the random hard drive they got stuck on while we were traveling. I posted them in the last thread, if you wanna go look. I made it to 54 projects last year! My goal was 52. I think I'll stick with that goal this year, it was just reachable, and if I devote any more time to projects my housekeeping will fall from barely acceptable to hoarders level. I've gotten two quick projects done so far this year.
First, a new mei tai! My old one was pretty gross looking. 1/52
And I recovered my ironing board. My old cover was REALLY gross looking. And the pad was so flat, the mesh of the metal underneath kept getting ironed into my projects. It was such a quick project, I really should have done it sooner.
McCall's has one. It's not very good though. It is the pattern I started with, like 5 mei tais ago. The main change I made was to make the shoulder straps really wide, and pleated into the body, so that they would spread the weight out better. Then I cut off the bottom of the body, and replaced it with one really long waist strap, and put bum darts in above the strap. They are pretty simple to make, I'm thinking there must be a few tutorials on blogs somewhere.
And how are those sweet little new babies, lilacvioletiris?
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